[indiana-discuss] simplified network interface names for indiana?

[Calum Benson]

On 25 Apr 2008, at 10:33, Alex Leverington wrote:
>
> For clarity, it seems that this would be to make naming consistent.  
> netN doesn't address ambiguity of interface names, but vanity names  
> does.
>
> Why does the picture have to have netN in parenthesis?

It doesn't "have" to of course, it was just an attempt at a compromise  
between showing both layman-accessible and 'technical' information,  
without having to resort to tooltips or other drill-down methods to  
get at the latter.

It's the sort of detail I'd expect to glean the most useful feedback  
about once people have the opportunity to use the GUI to actually  
manage their network, which of course none of us do, yet... as such,  
I'm not inclined to sweat over it too much for now.

Cheeri,
Calum.

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